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Shares in Nike Inc fell nearly 6% in trading yesterday (17 March) after the sportswear giant's third quarter earnings missed expectations and it warned that rising oil, cotton and transport costs are set to continue to affect its near-term profitability.>

Strong sales and clean inventories have helped sportswear and equipment giant Nike Inc to a 22% hike in second quarter profit, but shares fell nearly 6% after an 11% rise in future orders came in below analysts' expectations.>

Having delivered apparel and footwear industry news for the past decade, just-style takes a reflective look through its archives to highlight ten key themes that have helped shape the apparel industry over the last 10 years.>

With just five days to go before the start of the Beijing Olympic Games, campaigners in Hong Kong have protested at what they say is the failure of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to make sure that Olympic-branded products are not be made with sweatshop labour.>

Leading sporting goods brands including Nike, Adidas, New Balance, Umbro and Speedo are forming a ground-breaking joint working group with trade unions and NGOs to establish better working conditions across the sector.>

Despite all the hype about digital printing over the last few years, just 2% of the world’s printed fabric is produced using this method. One of the reasons for this slow uptake is that digital printing is far from straight-forward, as Niki Tait finds out at Digital Print Asia, one of the world’s largest digital print companies.>

Nike could face pressure from the Brazilian Soccer Federation (CBF) to renegotiate sponsorship terms after details of its lucrative deal with the French national team were revealed by the French Football Federation (FFF) last month.>

Sporting goods giant Nike has been signed up as the next equipment supplier of the French Football Federation (FFF), ousting current sponsor Adidas and reinforcing its focus on the global soccer field.>